Rising out of the ruins of four abandoned west-side piers is the Chelsea Piers Sports and Entertainment Complex, a $100 million development offering a wide range of athletic activities. Covering piers 59 through 62 and the connecting head house alongside the West Side Highway between 18th and 23rd Streets, the Chelsea Piers spared no expense in constructing an impressive state-of-the-art sports mega-center.

The 70,000 square ft. Field House is located in the head house between Piers 61 and 62. It contains a 23,000-square ft. gymnastics training area (the largest in the city), 2 basketball courts, 4 batting cages, a rock climbing wall, and 2 artificial turf fields that can accommodate indoor soccer, field hockey, and lacrosse. The gymnastics area offers organized programs for children and adults. The Field House offers organized leagues at varying levels of play in soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, and basketball. Call (212) 336-6500 for more information.

Completed in February, the Sports Center offers a lengthy list of facilities: Manhattan's largest cardiovascular and strength training facility, a 1/4 mile indoor running track, aerobic studios, a 6-lane 25-yard indoor pool, basketball and sand volleyball courts, a boxing ring, and a 46- foot rock climbing wall. They also offer a juice bar, a physiology lab for fitness testing, massages, and a sports medicine center run by NYU. All of this is indoors, except for a sun deck overlooking the Hudson River.